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Day 99- Slow short swings with short practice club. 

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In my Top Flite stand bag:

Driver-Ping G400+ 10.5 degrees regular flex Hybrids-Ping I25 17 & 20 degrees stiff flex Irons-Ping I3 O-size 4 through lob wedge regular flex Putter-Nike Oz 6


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Welcome to the "5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge for 2018! Please read as the rules have changed! Yes, for all of 2018! I'm changing it up. Rather than do this monthly, we're going to hav

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3/31/18: Day 365: The post you've all been waiting for.  I did some more work with my A4 to A5 drills. I know it seems like it's monotonous and stupid... But yesterday after I posted I

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Well I'm at 276 consecutive days. 1/1/18: I did my path drill indoors today. For those of you who don't know what this is, it involves 2 to 4 water or soda bottles a club and a foam ball. I

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Day 242: putting day. Practiced my stroke with my head against a wall, trying to get a feel for what no head movement is like. Took that feel to some practice strokes and putts without the wall. Yes, I felt a little ridiculous, but my head moves too much on putts. 

-- Daniel

In my bag: :callaway: Paradym :callaway: Epic Flash 3.5W (16 degrees)

:callaway: Rogue Pro 3-PW :edel: SMS Wedges - V-Grind (48, 54, 58):edel: Putter

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Day 86 (08 Mar 24) - Played a solo round this afternoon, course wasn’t too busy, so it was an easy pace to just play.  With all the rain we’ve had, the fairways were soft in places (about 1/3 were cart path only) and the greens super receptive and a bit slower. Overall, had some solid play, despite one blow-up hole.  Of the 11 pars, 6 were up and down saves…greenside focus is starting to pay off.  

Ping G400 SFT 10deg  R flex
Ping G410 3w R flex
Ping G400 3h and 4h R flex
Taylormade SLDR 5i thru PW graphite shaft R flex
Cleveland CBX wedges - 50, 54, 58 or 52, 58 (depending on my mood)
Odyssey Versa or White Steel #5
Srixon Q Star

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Day 495, March 9, 2024

Worked for 30 minutes + after JEP and a two-hour lesson. Mostly backswing, blending into the downswing. Hit a bunch of lousy shots at the next-to-last segment, but it's fine because… I was so focused on what I was doing that I just was slow with the ribs. Going "faster" with them to match the speed of the chest straightened things out quite a bit.

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Day 15: 3/9/2024

Putting drills today. I used the 50 mm gate. I used the perfect putt and I used the putting mirror. 

My bag is an ever-changing combination of clubs. 

A mix I am forever tinkering with. 

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Day 87 (9 Mar 24) - Another soggy, rainy day - spent time on mirror work on setup and weight shift.  

Ping G400 SFT 10deg  R flex
Ping G410 3w R flex
Ping G400 3h and 4h R flex
Taylormade SLDR 5i thru PW graphite shaft R flex
Cleveland CBX wedges - 50, 54, 58 or 52, 58 (depending on my mood)
Odyssey Versa or White Steel #5
Srixon Q Star

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Day 73: 3/9/24

Putting practice through 50 mm gates for distance control.  20 rounds of 3 and hit the gates just twice. Start line direction has been very good lately.

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Bo the Golfer Great Member

Bo the Golfer

Day 100- Dry swings in the yard. 

BO THE GOLFER

In my Top Flite stand bag:

Driver-Ping G400+ 10.5 degrees regular flex Hybrids-Ping I25 17 & 20 degrees stiff flex Irons-Ping I3 O-size 4 through lob wedge regular flex Putter-Nike Oz 6


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Day 243: did a stack session. Did some rehearsal swings on my priority piece during rest breaks.

-- Daniel

In my bag: :callaway: Paradym :callaway: Epic Flash 3.5W (16 degrees)

:callaway: Rogue Pro 3-PW :edel: SMS Wedges - V-Grind (48, 54, 58):edel: Putter

 :aimpoint:

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Day 88 (10 Mar 24) an easy afternoon of short pitches using the old MacGregor Mike Souchak 7i and Scotsman Dbl Duty wedge.  

Ping G400 SFT 10deg  R flex
Ping G410 3w R flex
Ping G400 3h and 4h R flex
Taylormade SLDR 5i thru PW graphite shaft R flex
Cleveland CBX wedges - 50, 54, 58 or 52, 58 (depending on my mood)
Odyssey Versa or White Steel #5
Srixon Q Star

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Day 16: 3/10/2024

Very cold outside today. So, did some nice backswing work in front of the mirror, then did my over speed training. Finished with some putting using the 50mm gate, the mirror and the perfect putt. 

My bag is an ever-changing combination of clubs. 

A mix I am forever tinkering with. 

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Day 496, March 10, 2024

15 minutes after a long weekend. Mostly backswing.

Erik J. Barzeski — ⛳ I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
Director of Instruction Golf Evolution • Owner, The Sand Trap .com • Author, Lowest Score Wins
Golf Digest "Best Young Teachers in America" 2016-17 & "Best in State" 2017-20 • WNY Section PGA Teacher of the Year 2019 :edel: :true_linkswear:

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Day 74: 3/10/24

Stack Full Speed Spectrum session 7/24. After moving furniture all day I was a little sore and finished 4 mph below my high. Will see what I vocab don on Tuesday.

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Bo the Golfer Great Member

Bo the Golfer

Day 101- Dry swings in the yard. Slow and short. 

BO THE GOLFER

In my Top Flite stand bag:

Driver-Ping G400+ 10.5 degrees regular flex Hybrids-Ping I25 17 & 20 degrees stiff flex Irons-Ping I3 O-size 4 through lob wedge regular flex Putter-Nike Oz 6


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Day 244: Played a par 3 9-hole course with my son. 

-- Daniel

In my bag: :callaway: Paradym :callaway: Epic Flash 3.5W (16 degrees)

:callaway: Rogue Pro 3-PW :edel: SMS Wedges - V-Grind (48, 54, 58):edel: Putter

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      "5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

      By iacas ·

      Day 161 - 2025-03-10 Got a decent, long session in. Focused mostly on the backswing feels, and moved on toward the end of the four hours (not all hitting balls, I installed a motion sensing light switch in there too, and worked with a student over FaceTime for a bit) on the downswing feel.
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      By iacas ·

      I wrote up a response as a YouTube comment that I won't be posting on YouTube. What an absolute load of garbage. Your arm doesn't "slingshot" or "bounce" - you use the muscles in your arm to move your arm and throw the baseball. In one video you've managed to get roughly five areas of science almost completely backward. At best, your video sets up a straw man as nobody is telling golfers to do anything like what you show when you're demonstrating a "bad tennis player." The golfers you see on your lesson tee must be from a completely different world than almost anyone else on Earth, because most golfers do something more like what you prefer to teach - their arms are too passive for too long, they stay "up" too long, and are carried out toward the ball from the top. From there, they stall their pivot, often early extending while right tilting to TRY to not swing 15° left. You know… we have ways of measuring these things these days, but you're still stuck with a poor understanding of how the golf swing works and are peddling it to some unsuspecting and unfortunate souls. But, I know… you teach "athletes." I hope for your sake that's just code for "dumb" because anyone with even a room temperature IQ understands that there's nothing truly "effortless" about the golf swing. I also sent a tweet: https://x.com/iacas/status/1899237716316844217
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      Hmmm.... That's pretty good. Very clever, young man. 
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      Plus, if ALL of your irons are guaranteed to go the right distance but just 15 within a 15 yard right or left window… you can lay way back off the tee, find way more fairways, and still shoot good scores. No need to hit driver to get into 9I range if a 4I (which will find the fairway every time if it's 30 yards wide or wider) and hit a 5I to the green. Easy!
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